They say it will be like driving a race car toward a brick wall at one hundred sixty kilometers an hour, hitting the brakes, and stopping less than a meter from the wall.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

Think, in "Birches," of really the extraordinary play of language, the freedom of association, all of which is being played off of the strict demands of the meter, at every moment.

想想，“桦树“，是无与伦比的对语言的把玩，自由的结合，所有这些都在格律诗严格的要求下自由地被使用着，每时每刻。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

So we're going to listen to a track out of John Kander's Chicago here, and the question that's at- in play at the moment is what's the meter of this cut from chicago?

我们先听一下约翰·肯德尔的作品芝加哥,中的一小段,边听边想一个问题,这个片段的节拍是怎样的,这个摘自芝加哥的片段

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Parkin took home a silver medal in the 200-meter breast stroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Weibrecht stands at one meter, Despite the crashes, he says he has more stability than most of his colleagues because he is shorter.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Yet to come at these Winter Games are the men's 500 meters and 5,000-meter relay.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

It was his fourth world title in the event. Meanwhile,defending World champion Tyson Gay of the United States announced he will not run in the 200 meter event at the Championships.

VOA: standard.2009.08.18

Zhou Yang broke the women's beating the previous mark held by compatriot Wang Meng.Zhou, Wang and their two teammates bettered the mark in the 3000-meter relay that China had set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01